Dozens of Lower Township residents turned out for a public discussion this week on major safety improvements planned along Bay Drive in North Cape May. Engineers have proposed efforts to enhance both pedestrian and bicycling safety along a one a half mile section of the roadway. The Township intends to seek funding from the Cape…
There have been five suicides at the Cumberland County Jail over the past 30 months; now, the feds are investigating. NJ.com reports that the United States Department of Justice will be investigating the suicides that began in 2014; there was a fifth suicide at the jail two months ago. ##
The Payless Shoe store in Cape May Court House is among 400 stores that are closing nationwide. Payless confirmed today that the Court House location is closing while others in our region are staying open. Six other New Jersey Payless stores will close, the rest are in central and northern New Jersey. ##
The central New Jersey beach community of Deal will hold a meeting Wednesday night in an attempt to restrict beachfront parking. Opponents say the proposed parking permitting process would restrict access to the beaches, which everyone pays for and uses. Deal has attempted this parking prohibition before, but failed to get it enacted.
Long time Cape May businessman Carl Axelson has passed away at the age of 79. Axelson and his brother were the co-owners of Mayer’s Tavern and the Captain’s Cove, both in Cape May. Services will be held Saturday at the Spiker Funeral Home. ##
Governor Chris Christie’s budget is being reviewed by lawmakers today. State Treasurer Ford Scudder will brief some Assembly committees today on the $35.5 billion spending plan, which includes a $2.5 billion payment to the public employees’ pension system. ##
Payless Shoes is closing 400 stores immediately, but it’s not known if any of the stores in our area will be closing. Payless has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will close hundreds of stores immediately. Payless has stores locally in Rio Grande, Cape May Court House, Somers Point, and Atlantic City. ##
Variety is the spice of life..and a North Jersey man learned that lesson the hard way after police arrested him while he had 16 different types of narcotics in his vehicle. 31 year old Hector Veloz had everything from crystal meth to Tramadol in his vehicle when he was arrested over the weekend. Veloz also…
One furniture store closes, and another furniture store moves in. The Gazette Leader reports that Surfside Casual Furniture will open its fifth location at the site of a former Bassett furniture store in Egg Harbor Township. This new store will be an expansion of another store located in Stone Harbor. ##
Plant a new tree. That message coming from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin who announced that 112,500 free tree seedlings are being distributed to 128 communities statewide. Avalon will be handing out the free seedlings to property owners during an event at Community Hall on Saturday. ##